Closing the Opportunity Divide with Year Up Founder and CEO Gerald Chertavian - Ep 26

Gerald Chertavian is the Founder / CEO of “Year Up.”  According to the US Dept of Labor, there are 7.3 million unfilled jobs in the United States. At the same time, there are millions of young adults who are working way below their potential or not working at all. Year Up takes those who want to work, arms them with both technical and social skills, then connects them to employers who need motivated, qualified employees.  No matter where you sit on the political spectrum, you can find a lot to love in Year Up. 

• Think the economically disadvantaged need a break? YEAR UP! 
• Think the poor should pull themselves up by their bootstraps? YEAR UP!
• Year up is there to benefit the most at-risk in our society, but helps them with a hand, not a handout. 

Gerald earned a B.A. in Economics, Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude, from Bowdoin College. He received his M.B.A., with honors, from Harvard Business School and in 2016 received the Distinguished Alumni Award. Full disclosure: Year Up is my family’s #1 philanthropic priority, and my wife, Stacey, serves on the board of Year Up Greater Atlanta.  

Read more good news from Year Up here: https://www.yearup.org 

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